BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC (BKD)
Health Care · senior living facilities · NYSE
A leading operator of senior living communities across the United States providing independent, assisted, and memory care services.
What BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC does
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. operates a nationwide network of senior living communities, providing a range of care levels including independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing. The company focuses on offering personalized care, dining, and wellness services to senior residents. Brookdale manages its properties through a mix of owned, leased, and managed community portfolios.
Themes: senior living, assisted living, healthcare services
Fundamentals
- Price$11.80 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$2.8B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+61.2% 2025-08-21 close $7.32 → 2026-08-21 close $11.80
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-6.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+26.4% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE-128.1% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity40.97 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)-0.4% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+4.2% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.53 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-10 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How BKD compares in its sector
- net profit marginmiddle range 504 covered Health Care peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 504 covered Health Care peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginbottom 25% 384 covered Health Care peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitybottom 25% 576 covered Health Care peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRmiddle range 402 covered Health Care peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 493 covered Health Care peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Health Care companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
BKD is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
20.4 #980 of 987 scored · #57 of 57 in Health Care
Long-term trend 43rd (a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day) and valuation 31st (price to book 4.7); weakest is financial health (1st, free cash flow margin 0.3%, debt to equity 41).
Short-term score
35.6 #1549 of 1,704 scored · #222 of 240 in Health Care
Volume and participation 76th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average; setup 40th: over the past year its closes ranged, and it has retraced around half of its move over the past year — 52% of it; weakest is trend 24th: the price is 15% below the average price paid over the period covered, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage
Not assessed — last reported dividend predates the accounts. The most recent fiscal year in which BKD reported a dividend payment is FY2008, while its reported financial statements run through FY2025. Coverage is therefore not assessed for the latest year — an FY2008 ratio would not describe BKD today.
Coverage is derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures, comparing dividends paid against net income and free cash flow for the SAME fiscal year. It is not shown here because the latest fiscal year with a reported dividend payment (FY2008) is older than the latest year of reported financial statements (FY2025), so any ratio would describe an out-of-date year. Informational only — not financial advice.
How BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC looks technically
BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC (BKD) is trading 10.4% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 323 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 23 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is beaten down — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 28, in oversold territory (below 30). It just made a new 20-day low, its first since 2026-01-15, breaking below its recent trading range. It is 30.9% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 10.4% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -10.4% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $14.22 | $14.22 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $13.16 | $13.16 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 35 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 35 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part upward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes above 15.7757. It is the only labelling that fits, though not with textbook proportions, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. | possible three-wave upward correction, complete (atypical proportions) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 323 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 323 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 23 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 22.9 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is beaten down — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 28, in oversold territory (below 30) | 27.6 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($11.63 to $14.88) — its "stochastic" reading is 5 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been climbing within that range over the last few sessions. | 5.2 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in negative territory (momentum leaning bearish) | 31 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $17.09 | $17.09 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 30.9% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -30.9% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 66.0% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +66.0% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 30.9% below its highest point of the past year | 30.9% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it just made a new 20-day low, its first since 2026-01-15, breaking below its recent trading range | 1 session |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it just made a new 55-day low, its first since 2026-01-15, breaking below its recent trading range | 1 session |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $54.25 (set on 2006-06-05) | $54.25 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($7.19 to $16.77), and it has given back around half of its rise from last year’s low — 52% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $10.54 to $10.85. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 51.9% |
| From the all-time high | it is 78.2% below its all-time high | -78.3% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.1% above a support level at $11.67 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-01-06, most recently on 2026-06-04. Since 2024-08-21 it has 11 such levels below the current price and 5 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -1.1% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $1.47 (set on 2020-03-18) | $1.47 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 702.7% above its all-time low | +702.7% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are unusually wide versus its own recent history (wider than about 92% of the past ~6 months) | 92nd percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.5847 between its high and its low — about 5.0% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.5847 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $11.16 and $15.96 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $11.16 – $13.56 – $15.96 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 5.0% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 5.0% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 2.3 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (10.4% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 2.3 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.09× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have cut their average price target by 1.7% since the prior reading | -1.7% |
|---|---|---|
| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bearish engulfing | 6 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 6 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.5% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -0.5% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.4% gap up opened on 2026-08-11 has been "filled" 8 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 8 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 5 sessions in a row, a -6.65% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 5 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 24.6 percentage points (the stock lost 22.3% while the market gained 2.3%) | -24.6% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 14.9 percentage points (the stock lost 11.8% while the market gained 3.1%) | -14.9% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 31.9 percentage points (the stock lost 20.8% while the market gained 11.1%) | -31.9% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 40.7 percentage points (the stock gained 61.2% while the market gained 20.5%) | +40.7% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 3 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, its RSI momentum gauge is oversold (a beaten-down reading), near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 3 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: trading below its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 16% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 3.7% of the share price. | -15.7% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 16% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $14.01 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 157 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -15.8% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 15% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-09 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $13.94 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 32 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -15.3% |
Price levels it has turned at before
BKD last closed at $11.80 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 11 prices below its last close and 5 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $11.67 | Support | 1.1% below the last close | turned there twice · 2026-01-06 to 2026-06-04 |
| $13.32 | Resistance | 12.9% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-03-31 to 2026-04-10 |
| $13.81 | Resistance | 17.1% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-03-09 to 2026-07-10 |
| $14.29 | Resistance | 21.1% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-04-09 to 2026-04-17 |
| $7.94 | Support | 32.7% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-07-14 to 2025-08-27 |
| $7.42 | Support | 37.1% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-08-28 to 2025-07-25 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part upward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $15.78.
It is the only labelling that fits these swings, though its proportions are not the textbook ones. It was chosen from 3 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
This labelling was already in place when we began recording count changes on 2026-08-13, so how long it has stood is not something we can say yet.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Oversold (14-day RSI below 30) · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Broke down to a new 20-day low · Analyst price target recently CUT · lagging the market | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingStrong Buy (1.33 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 6 analysts
- Mean price target$19.25 range $17.00 – $23.00; median $18.25
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-18. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for BKD
- Consensus EPS estimate-$0.04 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-18
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["High level of debt and financing lease obligations relative to assets","Operating losses and accumulated deficit history","Sensitivity to facility occupancy rates and operating costs"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of BKD's 10-Q filed 2026-05-07 against the prior one filed 2025-11-07.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-05-07) adds risk factor: 'negative publicity with respect to any lawsuits, claims, or other legal or regulatory proceedings' appears earlier in the sequence
- Removed:
- Older filing (2025-11-07) includes risk factor 'any resurgence or variants of the COVID-19 pandemic' which is removed in newer filing (2026-05-07)
- Older filing (2025-11-07) includes 'environmental contamination at any of our communities; failure to comply with existing environmental laws; an adverse determination or resolution of complaints filed against us, including putative class action complaints; negative publicity with respect to any lawsuits, claims, or other legal or regulatory proceedings' in that sequence, which is reordered in newer filing
- Reworded:
- Sequence of risk factors reorganized: in newer filing (2026-05-07), 'negative publicity with respect to any lawsuits, claims, or other legal or regulatory proceedings' and 'costs to respond to, and adverse determinations resulting from, government inquiries, reviews, audits, and investigations' appear before environmental contamination risks, whereas in older filing (2025-11-07) environmental contamination risks appear first
- Notes:
- Both texts appear truncated at the end (ending with 'including those set forth under "'), making it impossible to assess if additional changes exist beyond the visible content
- The primary substantive change is the removal of the COVID-19 pandemic resurgence/variants risk factor and a reordering of sequential risk disclosures
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales are on record for BKD — recent Form 4 activity was compensation-related (awards, option exercises, or tax withholding), not open-market buying or selling.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsOnly open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding BKD as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 43,463,745
- Reported value $594,584,036
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
BKD had 38,679,127 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
BKD had 16.2% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 7.9 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 38,679,127
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 16.2%
- Prior settlement (shares) 37,503,820
- Reported change 3.13%
- Days to cover (reported) 7.9
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- The Ensign Group (ENSG)
- Capital Senior Living (CSU)
- Five Star Senior Living (FVE)
- Sunrise Senior Living
- Atria Senior Living
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Frequently asked questions
What does BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC (BKD) do?
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. operates a nationwide network of senior living communities, providing a range of care levels including independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing. The company focuses on offering personalized care, dining, and wellness services to senior residents. Brookdale manages its properties through a mix of owned, leased, and managed community portfolios.
What sector is BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC (BKD) in?
BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC (BKD) is classified in the Health Care sector. Its industry is senior living facilities. It trades on NYSE.
Who are BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC's (BKD) competitors?
Notable peers of BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC (BKD) include The Ensign Group, Capital Senior Living, Five Star Senior Living, Sunrise Senior Living and Atria Senior Living. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC (BKD) overbought or oversold right now?
BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING INC (BKD) is currently in oversold territory (its 14-day RSI is 28, below 30) (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on BKD come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.